This is going to be a long one so if the title doesn’t mean anything to you, please scroll on.
Rigctld:
Downloaded the windows 64 but exe file and installed. Then to the command prompt with command rigcrtld -m 3073 -r COM6 (which is the port my 7300 is on).
iPhone:
Connected surface tablet to hotspot and determined by Lethe ip address of comp to he 172.20.x.x
Radiophone:
For varaHF used the above ip and default ports.
Sent and received no problem. PTT and Vara worked fine.
The mobilinked TNC I have is connected to an icom 5100 with a homebrew cable I made into a cat5 manual port splitter. No issues
For varaFM I plug another homebrew cable to the mic of the radio and use the computer sound card. Radio control I use 7100 on the varaFM program because it’s close enough to the 5100 that it works fine. I was unable to make a connection BUT PTT worked fine and vara worked fine. Note that I have NEVER made a varaFM connection as of yet but not for lack of trying.
This just shows that everything works on the apps end. I think I have issues on my end at least with varaFM.
Best
Danny